A Welcoming Sentiment

"Wee-am Wusnak! I'm so happy to see you! I weally missed you when you was gone for such a wong many times!"

Her voice is shrill - not yet four years old - like one of Walt Disney's Cinderella mice. She's a tiny wee thing, just a baby really, with bouncy blond ringlets that are pulled back into a purple elastic with plastic rainbow hearts. Her blue, saucer eyes never seem to blink and her red apple cheeks glow when she smiles. A cherub that sounds like a mouse.

We're late. Liam decided that a melt-down over the missing water bottle was appropriate as we were heading out the door. He'd been sick with cough and cold so he hadn't been to school since last Wednesday. Only two school days for him. A lifetime, apparently, for the classmates that missed him.

She follows us all the way back to the cubbies. "Wee-am Wusnak! Wee-am Wusnak is hewre. Nowlan, wook, Wee-am Wusnak is hewre!"

I help him undo his coat. She peeks around my side and reaches out to touch his shoulder, "Hi, Wee-am Wusnak. I weally missed you."

He shoves his boots and hat into his LIAM cubby. "Hi, Skylar," and he sits on the floor to do up his shoes.

I love comments and I appreciate, consider and read each one. I welcome your thoughts, whether you're in agreement or not; however, this website is a happy place and I will remove any comment that I believe to be inappropriate, malicious or spam like.

MEET ALANNA

Alanna lives on a small patch of untameable land in mid-western Ontario with her three children, husband, and an overweight cat. Fuelled by copious amounts of tea and chocolate, she writes fiction and creative non-fiction from within her tiny study.

Our washing machine died. It was like any sudden death. Unexpected and uninvited. It croaked and I stood in front of it like the left-behin...

Archive of Posts

ALANNA RUSNAK PUBLISHING

With over fifteen years of design experience, powerful understanding of publishing technology, a passionate love for stories, and a desire to make dreams come true, I am your advocate, mentor, friend, and cheerleader and I can’t wait to help you bring your book into the light. Pop over to my publishing website to learn about all the different services I can offer to authors.